Ago, has worked for the department of Public Health for 38 years. During this time, lisa worked as an Environmental Health inspector, senior Environmental Health inspector, and when she retired a couple of weeks ago, she retired as the manager of one of the citys food districts this is actually some of the toughest work. We honor first responders, we honor people who do incredible work like clean our sewers, but Health Inspectors have it really , really tough. Lisa was in charge of much of the district that we have represented on and off for the last 20 years. North beach and chinatown. She was absolutely instrumental in increasing the health and Safety Standards within chinatown, outside of chinatown and i have to say, despite the irrational fear of the government and Health Inspectors in particular, particularly in the Restaurant Industry, lisa is incredibly regarded by the community because she understands the local business culture, the local culture, the practices, she is fair, she is patient, accommodating and takes no shit. I rarely use words like that but that will summarize lisa. She was so thought of in the community that she was invited to be the grand marshal of the Chinese New Year parade which says a lot. She always had the sense to call me to say, im shutting down a restaurant in your district and your phone is about to ring, but i knew everyone would start screaming at me and rose would say she called and did the right thing. She is a legendary fixture at the department of Public Health, as patient as she is with ignorant owners, she is equally, and i mean it, no nonsense when dealing with selfserving operators who intentionally avoid doing the right thing, the legal thing and the healthy and safe thing. At 5foot two and 110 pounds, which is just about my size in wait, lisa can lisa, where are you, come on up here. [applause] you are a force of nature when it comes to protecting the public. Here is lisas infamous winwin question. There are a couple of them. One is, this is of course, a hearing with an alleged offender this is lisa. I am appalled at the conditions in your restaurant. After reading the report and reviewing the photos, how many days a week are you at your restaurant . The operator says, i am only there a few times a week. To which lisa says, well, there you are. How can you be expected to be responsible for a restaurant if you dont commit to be there on a regular basis . Look at these disgusting photos. Or, alternatively, the operator says, i am there without fail, to which lisa says, really, you are there were there every day . It is negligent. Look at these disgusting photos. Whatever the operator, the alleged offending operator chooses, lisa ensures that the operator admits fault, takes responsibility for the conditions of the restaurant, and most often, lisa and her team doesnt shut them down. A little bit of education and they are back on line in a few hours or maybe overnight when they call people in, and as a respected manager, she is remarkably, was remarkably, and im sure will continue to be a remarkably will be remarkably committed to her staff that she mentored, and loved her, and she would bring them all together for lunch is, and occasionally i would have the honor of being invited. Under her leadership, she was instrumental in establishing the first online food application and the entire state of california and has been recognized by the California CouncilEnvironmental Health directors as the winner of the food Safety Leadership award in 2015, and most importantly, i have her 100 clean record in my kitchen, which he actually never inspected. And after four decades, she decided to enter her retirement last month where she will finally enjoy spending some time with her family and her newly born twin grandchildren. I wanted all of you to know that i introduced a piece of legislation last week and the last week before last. It will change the restaurant Rating System to green, yellow, red, which i think the Restaurant Industry or Restaurant Owners will appreciate, and lisa, it makes good sense. It is used in many other counties in the bay area. Lisa, from the bottom of my heart, i wanted to thank you for your decades of tireless, mature , and constructive commitment to the people of San Francisco and i love you very, very much and i want to give you a certificate of honor and some flowers, but first, the floor is yours. Thank you very much, supervisor peskin. I appreciate working with you and having you understand the important work that the Environmental Health inspectors do every day to protect your Public Health. They are a great team of inspectors and we dont just regulate, we enforce and we empower businesses and therefore empower communities. It started out and chinatown but we do it citywide and the inspectors, thank you for the recognition. This isnt really just for me, it is for the great work that they do every day. Thank you, and think all of you. [applause] thank you. Before i give you the certificate of honor and these flowers, i just want to say lisa suffered many epidemiologists and Department Heads and survived with valour and honor. [applause] thank you. Supervisor brown, please present your commendation now. Thank you. It sounds like a day of retirement for people who have been in the city a long time. Today i am commending Elizabeth Murray who is retiring this month from 38 years of services to the city and county of San Francisco at the war memorial and performing arts center. Forty years ago, Elizabeth Murray began her career of service to the citys arts and Performance Community as a secretary at the louise Symphony Hall construction project. In 1982, she joined the war memorial as executive secretary to the board of trustees an assistant managing director. She has guided the war memorial to most consequential a longstanding commitment to preserving the War Memorial Building has enabled millions of people, as well as the patrons of ballet, opera, symphony, and Chamber Music to benefit from the Historic Resource at the heart of San Francisco. Over the years, elizabeth has also shaped the structure and growth of the war memorial workforce, engaging directly with employees in helping them to develop a sense of occupational pride in their work she has truly proven her worth as a leader, as head of the war memorial serving under seven mayors, wow, seven, and guiding the war memorial through major Capital Improvement projects, economic recessions, presiding over unprecedented periods of growth and success. The residents of San Francisco, as well as anyone who comes to visit our city and as landmarks are indebted to keep the war memorial open and available for all. Today we recognize her skill, her leadership and her vision for the San Francisco war memorial. And to extend to her the best wishes as she is entering a welldeserved retirement. Elizabeth, please come up. Elizabeth, before you say something, there is supervisor peskin who would like to make a comment. Thank you. Having been on two tours of duty with you and your department and others, i really want to salute to you. I thought that project would never actually happen despite beens rosenfield deep commitment to it. Congratulations for getting it done in stewarding that incredible resource for all of these many decades. Thank you. I am very grateful. I thank you so much. My job has been a gift to me. It is a labor of love. I didnt always have a great relationship with band, but i do understand i was persistent and i did want to get i thank you very much. [applause] i lastly, we have supervisor mandelman. Would you like to present the commendations . I would pick one of the privileges is getting to present the demon family and today i want us to honor her. [applause] she was born in chicago, moved to the west coast shortly after. She spent most of her youth in the bay area, graduating from high school before earning her bachelors degree in social work from the university of the pacific. She met her husband, who when he retired was the longestserving judge in San Francisco history. [applause] they were married one year later she conditions with food runners which works to alleviate hunger by turning over 17 tons of leftover food into 20,000 meals a week for sa san franciss in need. Shes best known of a tireless supporter of the local democratic party. Where she has helped many local candidates get there are start in politics. Registering voters doing an amazing job of tabling outside safe ways with jane morrison. Inside firstdegre. Many of us hf the woodland parties she hosted. In 1976, she was appointed by mayor george boskoy i remember where she joined the San Francisco landmarks and throughout her years of service shes fought to preserve and create open space and expand our urban tree can pee. Today she is the c. E. O. Of her household and keeping her husband and children safe, clothed and happy. For each of these contributions, i am proud to honor ina deerman. [applause] now, shes brought a good chunk of Ashbury Heights down with her. Among the folks we have here is kelly deerman, her daughter. And colleagues, you may know kelly as executive director of the ihsf public authorities since 2014. Prior to that she was president of the Human Services commission, ran her own small law practice and in 2008 founded sf urban c. H. C. , a nonprofit buying Financial Literacy for low and moderate industry. I think kelly was going to say a few words. President fung supervisor peskin. Thank you, i apologize for popping up. When youve been on this board on and off for 20 years. I remember ms. Deerman when i used to go to the planned marks reservation board before it was a commission. And ms. Deerman had a profound sense of figuring out who was cheating and speculating and who was doing the right thing. Ive never forget what she said, i like your blue eyes, i do not like your protec project and shd no and brought the rest of that with her. Thank you ms. Deerman. [applause] president fung the floor is yours. Thank you. Supervisor mandelman thank you so much for this honor. My mom and i ask the discussion last night and she said did i have to speak and i said no. Ill do it for you. I can honestly say on behalf of my whole family its probably better that i am up here. If you know anything about my mom, her most famous saying is i speak the truth. I would say for all of us who have lived with her and know her and love her we know its the case. We also know with my mom, that one thing might get you down but theres always a reason to get up. Mom proves that everyday by get being up, standing tall, reading the paper, reminding us of all the work we have to do. This honor is very much appreciated on behalf of all of us and i thank all of our family and friends and colleagues that have come out to join us to support her. She would tell me to stop talking and tell you there was much work to do so please, continue doing it. Thank you so very much. [applause] [applause] supervisor yee thank you for bringing this great set of people to honor today. That would conclude our special commodatons. Lets go to items 2124. Clerk items 1224 comprise the special order of 3 00 p. M. For public hearing of persons interested in the decision of public works dated june 6th, 2019. Approval a map for a threelot subdivision project at 2146 through 2150 union street. Item 22 is the motion to approe and item 23 is to disapprove the departments decision and to disapprove the tentative map and item 24 is the motion to direct the preparation of findings. Supervisor yee these will be continued to next tuesday, july 16th, 2019, with the understanding these items will be continued. We will now take Public Comment on the continuance. Are there any members of the public who wish to speak on the proposed continuance of this appeal . All speakers should be allowed two minutes each. Seeing no other speakers, Public Comment is now closed. And i will make a motion to continue the items. Supervisor yee are you making the motion . Were going to take a motion to keep the hearing open and continue these items for july. Motion made by supervisor peskin and seconded by supervisor safai. Without objection we need a roll call. Mandelman is not here. Supervisor yee ok. Roll call, please. On the continuance to july 16th of items 21 to 24 [ roll call ] there are nine ayes. Supervisor yee this area will remain open and items 21 to 24 are continued to july 16th, 2019. Madam clerk, please call the next 3 00 p. M. Special order items 25 and 26. Clerk i have 25 and 26 comprise the board of supervisors sitting as a committee as a whole and this public hearing was scheduled pursuant to a resolution adopted may seventh, 2 2019. Its to consider the subject matter of item 26. Which say resolution to establish renew and expand the property based Business Improvement district known as the union square Business Improvement district ordering the levee and collection of assignments against property located in the district for 10 years commencing with the fiscal year 201920. Subject to conditions as fess tied and tspecified and make the appropriate environmental findings. Supervisor yee were now sitting a as committee of the whole. Colleagues, the purpose of this hearing is to take testimony on the proposed levee of assessments of the property and Business Improvement. Pursuant to the board resolution of intention we adopt it on may seventh, 2019. As described in a management district plan, the proposed district would be approximately 620 identified parcels located on the 27 hole or partial blocks. Details of the cover area are in the file. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the department of elections will tabulate the ballot and report to the board of supervisors. Members of the public may view the ballot tabulation by the department of elections on the basement level of city hall in room 59. The board of supervisors will either levee the assessments or approve the establishment of the district if theres a majority protest. Im sorry, let me say that again. The bother of supervisors will neither levee the sisment. If theres assessment. The publis follows, we will first hear from all speakers in support of the assessment district. Each district will have each speaker will have two minutes. Then we will hear from all speakers in opposition to the assessment district. Each speaker will have two minutes. During the hearing, a property owner, who has not voted yet, or wishes to change their vote may speak with the department of elections staff. They are at the table just outside of the Board Chamber and will provide you with an affidavit and ballot. After the hearing closes, the ballot will be counted. Before we begin, supervisor peskin, would you like to make any opening remarks . Thank you, president yee. I want to acknowledge the burgundy blazer. [laughter] more importantly, i would like to acknowledge the work of ms. Flood and the staff at the union square improvement district. This is created in late 1990s amid the remarkable controversy. I had the honor and pleasure of presiding over its first extension which was approved unanimously by the board. More importantly, voted by an overwhelming super majority of the Property Owners that will actually pay for the safety and public realm improvements that continue in the Union Square Area and as that Business Improvement district has expanded, it was continued yet again by my predecessor, supervisor chu. I will not in anyway forecast the outcome of this election. If theres not a majority vote, we cannot vote to have this be extended but i am hopeful, if not confident, that the good work that ms. Flood and her staff have done will lead to that majority vote and after the votes of counted, i will hopefully be able to be in a position to extend the time length to the city and county of San Francisco. Thank you for your work. Supervisor yee do you have a word or two to say. Thank you. Senior program officer. As the resolution stated this is a renewal of the union square Business Improvement district for an additional 10 years. Id like to thank supervisor peskin and his staff who have been nothing but fantastic throughout this renewal. I would like to command karen flood, the executive director, den horn as well as hobby silver on a phenom enam outreach effort they did throughout this renewal and expansion campaign. This would not be possible without the city departments in particular the Clerks Office and the department of elections. In particular, from those offices id like to thank alicia somaro, erika major, john carole, juan clock, regan wang and alice law for the assistance on the renewal campaign. With me today is karen flood who will be showing you all a brief presentation on the upcoming renewal of the bid. Thank you so much, chris for that nice introduction and for all your good work in helping us renew this bid. Good afternoon. Resident norman yee, aaron peskin for sponsoring this legislation and supporting us and also supervisor haney who also also part in his district and all members of